{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/georgia/columbia-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 77 funded VA home loans in Columbia County, GA in 2025, 1,286 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (190), United Wholesale Mortgage (163) and Freedom Mortgage (104). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Columbia County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "13073",
    "name": "Columbia County",
    "state": "GA"
  },
  "loan_type": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 77,
    "lenders_10": 22,
    "loans": 1286,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 1907,
      "name": "Veterans United Home Loans",
      "slug": "veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "loans": 190,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 412226,
            "full_name": "Jennifer Stewart",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jennifer-stewart-412226",
            "branch_city": "Augusta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1411098,
            "full_name": "Tina Wiggins",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/tina-wiggins-1411098",
            "branch_city": "Augusta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2842187,
            "full_name": "Adam Jones",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/adam-jones-2842187",
            "branch_city": "Augusta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3038,
      "name": "United Wholesale Mortgage (broker finder)",
      "slug": "united-wholesale-mortgage-3038",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/united-wholesale-mortgage-3038",
      "loans": 163,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 104,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 86,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 83,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 86548,
      "name": "First Heritage Mortgage",
      "slug": "first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "loans": 60,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 59,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 7,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1310645,
            "full_name": "Joey Cummings",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joey-cummings-1310645",
            "branch_city": "Evans",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2576476,
            "full_name": "Daniela Rhein",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/daniela-rhein-2576476",
            "branch_city": "Evans",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 447760,
            "full_name": "John Lindberg",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/john-lindberg-447760",
            "branch_city": "Martinez",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 39179,
      "name": "Movement Mortgage",
      "slug": "movement-mortgage-39179",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/movement-mortgage-39179",
      "loans": 59,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 412223,
            "full_name": "James Gay",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/james-gay-412223",
            "branch_city": "Martinez",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1003923,
            "full_name": "Ashlee Aloan",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ashlee-aloan-1003923",
            "branch_city": "Martinez",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1045224,
            "full_name": "Mark Halvorsen",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/mark-halvorsen-1045224",
            "branch_city": "Martinez",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 14622,
      "name": "DHI Mortgage",
      "slug": "dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "loans": 53,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 46,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    }
  ],
  "note": "Counts describe the company, not any one loan officer. Only lenders above the HMDA reporting thresholds file, and LenDb has matched about 70% of HMDA loan volume to lenders it lists, so a lender without HMDA data here may still make these loans."
}